A large mill is faced with the problem of extending $100,000 credit to a new customer, a dress manufacturer. The mill classifies typical companies into
A large mill is faced with the problem of extending $100,000 credit to a new customer, a dress manufacturer. The mill classifies typical companies into the categories; poor risk, average risk and good risk. Their experience indicates that 20 percent of similar companies are poor risks, 50% are average risks and 30% are good risks. If credit is extended, the expected profit for poor risks is -$15,000, for average risks $10,000 and for good risks $20,000. If credit is not extended, the dress manufacturers will turn to another mill. The mill is able to consult a credit rating organization for a fee of $2000.
Their experience with this credit rating company is given by the table which shows out of 100 companies examined what number were given a certain rating by the credit rating company and what their actual credit rating was.
Credit company evaluation | Actual credit rating | ||
Poor | Average | Good | |
Poor | 10 | 20 | 6 |
Average | 8 | 25 | 12 |
Good | 2 | 5 | 12 |
- Draw and properly label a decision tree.
- Evaluate the decision tree.
- Determine the optimal policy/decision.
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